[3][4] She graduated from Largo High School and later attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned a bachelor of art degree in government and politics in 1997.

[6] In 2003, Braveboy started the Community Public Awareness Council nonprofit, which sought to provide mental health services and workshops to first-time juvenile offenders and their families to reduce truancy.

[2] In this position, she advocated for increased funding for historically black colleges and universities[9] and opposed legislation setting mandatory minimum sentences.

[11] Her platform included supporting the state's historically black colleges and universities, opposing the death penalty, and fighting against large polluters.

[12] During the Democratic primary, her campaign received endorsements from various labor unions, including the Washington D.C. Building and Construction Trades Council and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1619.

[24] Later that year, she announced that the county would no longer recommend cash bail as a condition of release, instead requesting alternatives including counseling, drug testing, and mental health evaluations.

[25][26] In March 2020, after Prince George's County recorded its first case of COVID-19, Braveboy sought the release of 150 pretrial defendants to reduce the spread of the virus.

[33] In August 2021, Braveboy endorsed efforts encouraging the Biden administration to create a task form to reform the justice system to be less punitive and more equitable.

[40] In September 2020, Braveboy said she opposed ceding the ability to prosecute police officers to an independent body,[41][42] and lobbied against efforts to pass a bill doing so during the 2021 legislative session.

[54] In May 2021, Braveboy launched the "Our Streets, Our Future" campaign to promote gun violence prevention efforts in Prince George's County[55] through community engagement, employment services, and social media advertisements targeted toward young people.

In 2011, during debate on the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which she voted against,[66][67] Braveboy introduced an amendment that would block the bill from going into effect unless it was approved in a statewide referendum.

[69] During the 2012 legislative session, Braveboy introduced a bill to repeal a law that gave presiding religious denominations the legal authority to seize properties of local congregations.

[70] In November 2012, Braveboy spoke against Question 4, a ballot referendum that sought to repeal Maryland's Dream Act, a bill that would extend in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.

[72] In July 2022, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which repealed Roe v. Wade, Braveboy said she would not cooperate with extradition requests for individuals who travel across state lines to get an abortion.